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...Weyrich and Gary Bauer view Powell as a liberal and media darling who will use the nomination to halt the Gingrich revolution. But after Weyrich labeled Powell "our enemy" in a letter to moral-values maven Bill Bennett, he countered with a five-page letter portraying Powell as a lesser evil, on the grounds that pro-life conservatives would have a better chance to reduce abortions under Powell than under Clinton. Early in October, Bennett sent Powell articles on how to curtail abortions without a constitutional amendment. Some conservatives were quietly pleased last week when Powell, who had described himself...
Until Lolita ("light of my life, fire of my loins") scorched the best-seller list in 1955, Nabokov was a popular instructor of literature at Cornell, a productive but obscure author of exotic fiction and chess problems, and an even lesser known authority on butterflies. His genius for transforming sensory impressions into language may always remain elusive, but his descriptive powers owe much to training in natural science...
...they could not join Farrakhan no matter how laudable the event's goals, while some women's organizations raised objections to Farrakhan's exclusion of females. Said former Black Panther Angela Davis: "No march, movement or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners...can be considered a positive step." Jesse Jackson, who may fear being eclipsed by Farrakhan, joined the march without hesitation, but others, from Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, offered exquisitely calibrated statements of support that distinguished the march...
...that codebreaking talent, Netscape last week began offering cash awards to anybody who can find a security hole in the beta, or test, version of its latest browser software. Under the so-called Bugs Bounty program, the first person to identify a "significant" security flaw wins $1,000. Lesser bugs earn smaller prizes ranging from $40 sweatshirts to $12 coffee mugs. The idea, explains a company spokesperson, is to get hackers to hack when it will do the Netscape some good--before the product is officially released...
Time Warner has made a determined effort to mount its magazines: Time, Life, People, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, and the company's lesser-known publications are all up at http://www.pathfinder.com...